Food-mixer.



M. M. EGAN.

FOOD MIXER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 11. 1913.

1,095,71 Patented May 5, 1914.

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FOOD MIXER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.11, 1913.

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MATI-IEW lVI. EGAN, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

FOOD-MIXER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed November 11, 1913. Serial No. 800,254.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MATHEW M. EGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort lVorth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Food-Mixers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mixing devices for stock feed and particularly to apparatus for mixing large quantities of dierent kinds of food stuffs to make a composition food, and the object is to provide apparatus by which much time and labor and expense can be saved in mixing the food stuffs and'to simplify the mechanism for mixing the food studs so that the mixing will be much more simple and easily accomplished,

Another object isto provide apparatus by which the composition food will be uniformly mixed7 having a uniform consistency.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims. h

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic elevation of the mixing plant. Fig. 2 is a detail view of a feed pipe.v Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the upper portion of the elevator casing, showing a part of the elevating mechanism. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the lower part of the elevator casing, showing a part of the eleva-ting mechanism. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the lower part of a feed chute, showing the mechanism for cont-rolling the discharge of the material` Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout t-he several views.

In the drawings7 the basement floor of a building is indicated by 1, the second or f main floor by 2J and an upper iloor by the 3. A main mixing trough 4 1s mounted on supports 5. A syrup or molasses tank 6 is provided and a pump 22 is provided for delivering the syrup through the pipe 26 from the tank 6 to the feed pipe 37 which is connected to the discharge nozzle of the pump 22 by the T-pipe'l. The pump 22 is operated by a shaft 23, a cog wheel 24 rigid therewith, a pinion 25 driven by the wheel 24, and a ion 25.

When the pump 22 is in operation the molasses will be forced through the feed pipe 37 and it will fall through the perforat-ions in the pipe 37 and fall into the trough 4 to be mixed with the other articles of food. The pipe v26 is provided with a cut-01T 27 and if more molasses is forced through the pump 22, the excess will flow through the overflow pi e 48 back into the tank 6. The feed pipe 8 is provided with a regulating cut-off.

The food stuffs are fed into different chutes from the main floor 2. Alfalfa is fed into a chute 7. This chute 7 has provision for regulating the amount of alfalfa discharged therefrom. yBoards 14 are'hingpulley 26 for driving the pin- -edly connected to the interior of the chute and hang downwardly. vThese boards are held at t-he proper angle by screw bolts 15 which are mounted in nuts 49 which are pivotally mounted in the sides of the chute 7. The bolts 15 have swivel connections with the boards 14 andare provided with handwheels 16. VThe boards 14 are as wide as ythe interior of the chute and the material must escape from the lower ends of the boards 14 and the opening or space between these ends can be made as wide or as narrow as desirable, by turning'the screw bolts 15 in the proper direction. A spiral conveyer runs in the bottom of the chute 7 for forcing the material out of the spout 50. VThe conveyer 17 is driven by a cog wheel 18, pinion 19, and power pulley 20.

The advantage of having the boards 14 adjustable is that they can be set for feeding alfalfa ground to different degrees of tneness. Some alfalfa is ground more and is finer than other alfalfan consequently the boards 14 have to be made adjustable. The boards can be adjusted to feed any required alfalfa to the trough 4.

Oats may be fed through the chute S into the trough 4. Cotton seed meal may be fed through the chute 9, bran may be fed through the chute 10, and corn chops may be fed through the chute 11. Agitators of ordinary type may be used in the chutes 8, 9, 10, and 11 and these agitators may be driven by the pulleys 21 for feeding material into the trough 4. A salt mill chute 12 is provided for feeding salt to the mill 34. The salt is ground in the mill and fed to the trough 4. The mill 34 is driven by the gear Wheel All of the material is fed to the trough 4, Which is provided with. a spiral conveyer 28 Which is driven by a pulley 29. The material is mixed as it falls into the trough and is forced along by the conveyer 28. The mixed material falls doivn the chute 40 into the elevator pocket 44. The material is further mixed by running up an elevator.

rilhe elevator 86 has a suitable housing and suitable 0caring is provided for elevating the mixed food stuffs. rThe gearing shown includes sprocket Wheels 42 and 43 and the sprocket Wheels 43 may he driven by a gear Wheel 5l. Sprocket chains 4l run on the wheels 42 and Cups 45 are attached to the sprocket chains 4l and run through the pocket 44 to dip up the mixed food studs. The food stuffs are delivered by the cups 45 and thrown through a. chute 38 into a trough or receiver 52. A spiral conveyer 39 is provided for moving the mixed material in the trough 52 and this conveyer is driven by a pulley As the material is moved along the trough or receiver 52 it is discharged through different spouts and caught in suitable sacks or bags Which may be hung on the spouts rihe end of the trough 3U 52 may be left open for overflow if all the material is not fed through the spouts 35 into bags. in order that any material which may escape from the cups near the upper part of the elevator may not be 35 wasted, a board 46 is placed under the sprocket Wheels 42 to bridge the space under the Wheels and to throw the material into the doivn leg of the elevator so it Will fall back into the pocket 44.

lt Will be seen that means are provided for thoroughly mixing` the food stuffs. All the ingredients named may be used or any combination of the ingredients may loe used. Any ingredient may be omitted if desirable. 45 rhe ingredients are mixed as they move or are moved along the trough 4. They are further mixed by the elevator oups which alte up the material and dump it into the receiver 52, and they are further mixed by the conveyer 89.

it Will be noticed that only one elevator is necessary. This effects a great saving of machinery and labor and the mixing of the material. is made thorough. The material or ingredients are .more thoroughly mixed than if the ingredients Were elevated by separate elevators and then mixed. The labor and expense of operating separate elevators is avoided and feiver men can do 50 the Work in much shorter time.

Various changes in the assembling' of the parts of the plant can be made Without departing from my invention. The feeding of the syrup through pipe 37 may be regulated by a cutwoff 55.

lillhat l claim, is,-

1. A mixing apparatus comprising a trough, a series of chutes adapted to discharge material into said trough, agitators in said chutes for discharging material into said trough, a tank and means for conveying syrup from said tank, means for distributing the syrup over material in said trough, means for moving and mixing the material in said trough, a discharge pocket to receive material discharged from said trough, and an elevator provided With a discharge spout at the upper end for remloving the mixed material from said pocket.

2. A food mixing apparatus comprising a trough, a series of chutes for feeding material to said trough, means in said chutes for controlling the amount of material fed to said trough, means in said trough for mixing and discharging material therefrom, a pocket for receiving the material from said trough, means for feeding syrup on the material While being moved through said trough, and an elevator provided with a discharge spout at the upper end and including a series of cups for removing the material from said pocket.

3. A food mixing apparatus comprising a trough, a series of chutes provided with spouts adapted to discharge material into said trough, means in said chutes for controlling the feeding of material into said trough, means for agitating and moving the material in said trough, means for feeding a syrup to the material While being mixed including' a tank and a pump and a pipe connecting the pump and tank and an open ended perforated pipe for discharging the` syrup into said trough, a pocket for receiving the mixed material from said trough, and an elevator provided with a series of cups running through said pocket for further mixing the material and elevating the same.

4. A food mixing apparatus comprising a mixing trough, a series of chutes for feeding different materials to said trough including a chute for feeding a coarse material, boards hinged to the interior of said last mentioned chute and means connected ivith the chute for varying the position of said boards to regulate the feeding of ma terial therefrom, and means for mixing and discharging material from said trough- A food mixing apparatus comprising a mixing trough provided with a discharge spout, a series of chutes provided with means for discharging different articles of food into said trough, means for distributing a syrup on the mixed articles of food, means in said trough for constantly agitating and moving the material in said trough to the discharge spout, a receiver for said material, an elevator provided With a series of cups adapted to run through said re- In testimony whereof, I set my hand in ceiver for further mixing and elevating said the presence of two Witnesses, this 20th day material, a discharge spout at the upper end of October, 1913.

of said elevator, a distributing trough re- MATHEW M. EGAN. ceiving material from said spout, and means Vitnesses:

for agitating and mixing the material in A. L. JACKSON,

said distributing trough. J. W. STITT.

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